Dispener for cigarettes and the like



March 6, 1945.

I H. NE GBAUR ET AL DISPENSER FOR CIGARETTES AND THE LIKE -Filed Sept. 23, 1942 INVENTORS T W Y PM .E UH W W m L.

T. M M1 M0% R 5 HAHHA. U H w J Patented Mar. 6, 1945 DISPENER FOR CIGARETTES AND THE LIKE Harry Negbaur; New York, and Joshua Gordon Lippincott, Scarsdale, N. Y., assignors, by direct and mesne assignments, of one-half to said Harry Negbaur and one-half to Louis Stern,

New York, N. Y.

' Application September 23, 1942, Serial No. 459,376

2 Claims. (01. 31283) The present inventionrelates to dispensers for cigarettes and the like as shown in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is atop plan view, and Figures 2 and. 3 are sectional'views taken on the lines 22 and 33, respectively, of Figure 1.

The inner faces of the end wall forming members 3|) and 3|. are provided with grooves 32 which extend upwardly from the bottom edge to substantially the level of the lower edge of the front wall 33. These grooves have short extensions 34 which provide upwardly facing shoulders 35.v The bottom member 36 is drilled to carry a dowel pin indicated at 31, and is provided with a central kerf 38 to accommodate a coiled spring 39. The spring is held in placeby the dowel pin. V

The ends 4040 of the dowel pin form pintles adapted to pass up through the grooves 32 and the spring acts to force the bottom member slightly forwardly to hold the pintles above the shoulders 35.

What is claimed is:

1. A dispensing container having end walls, a

rear wall, and a front wall whose lower edge is above the lower edges of the end walls, the inner faces of the end Walls having grooves extending vertically upwardly from the bottom of the walls to substantiallythe elevation of the lower edge of the front wall, and then extending forwardly a slight distance to provide upwardly facing shoulders, a bottom member having pintles slidable in the grooves and a forwardly extending portionv extending beyond the front wall, and spring means urging the bottom member forwardly tohold the pintles in the upper ends of the grooves and its front portion against the bottom of the front wall.

2. A container such as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bottom member has a riser spaced rearwardly of the lower edge of the front wall and an upper rear portion substantially above 20 the pintle axis.

.HARRY NEGBAUR.

JOSHUA GORDON LIPPINCO'I'I. 

